Who Makes Cents? A History of Capitalism Podcast

How often do you stop and wonder how paper money and checking accounts became a part of our daily life? Can you pinpoint the moment in time when investing in the stock market became an activity available to ordinary citizens? How and why did the United States government become involved in funding railroads, paved roads, and other infrastructural projects? Each of these transformations of the flow of money reflect a form of historical analysis that centers capitalism as a lens through which histories can be told and understood. The field of History of Capitalism has been around since the 19th century, but it has achieved exponential growth in academia since the financial crisis of 2008. Despite the pervasiveness of capitalism in modern history and our contemporary lives, the language of its history is often technical and inaccessible, even for many professional students of history.